Fruit container



, appertains to make and I laid out in a Hat condition;

Patented Feb. 13,

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EUGENE COLBERT BRYAN, OF KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA.

FRUIT CONTAINER.

Application filed ember 12, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EU'GIZNE Coroner BRYAN, a citizen oi the United States, rcsiding ceola and State oi Florida, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Fruit Containers; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it use the same,

The present invention relates to improvements in fruit containers and has for an object/"to provide an improved container for grapefruit or other like fruit or material in which the container will admit of being, folded out into a flat condition to take up a minimum of space and'enable the device with economy to be reshipped.

Another object of the invention resides in providing an improved fruit container of a simple yet durable construction in whicl the fruit will be preserved against injury during transitfiand which will be inexpensive to manufacture and capable of being readily set up and knocked down.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described. hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. 1 i i In the drawings, wherein like symbols ie for to like or corresponding;- parts througl'r out the several views,

Fig. 1 is a plan view oil the container body Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the set-u p container;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view therethrough; and

Fig. 4C is an elevation oil? one of the heads.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, wherein only a single embodiment of the invention is shown ldesignates a container body which may be made of leather or other suitable flexible material which is capable of being rolled into a cylindrical form such for instance as shown in Fig. 2, and 2 are the end heads which enclose the space encompassed by the body 1 when so rolled. The heads are intended to confine the fruit or other articles in the container space. The container body 1 will of course be of suificiently stout material to resist collapse incident to rough handling during 1 shipment and to avoid bruising the fruit.

at Kissimmee in the county of 0sforming Serial No.

Near the ends number of perforations 3 of the body .1. are made a and 4, shown in in number; Ad acent these and running parallel with the ti ons,

are grooves 5 and i;

cut or otherwise produced in the exterior surface of the body 1. 6 are intersected by transverse grooves These grooves 5 and similarly produced 7 parallel to each other and extending at substantially right angles to said grooves 5 The body 1 i groove 8 which intersects the tr various grooves z or 'wire to bind drical Form further latter in place.

the wires having and 6.

s provided further with a is centrally arranged and ansverse grooves 7. These ire adapted to receive string the body 1 into the cylinnst possible opening and to join with the heads 2 to hold the For instance as shown in or cords 9 and 10 may be in the grooves '5 and 6, their ends twisted together and drawn taut as indicated. at 11 and 12.

In a similar occupied by way the central groove 8 is a w we 13 with its ends twisted together as indicated at 14. Wire is :lound to be an excellent means for binding the container body in place inforces the body,

as it is stout and rereslsting its possible collapse and is readily cut from the container body or remove d when the container has reached its destination.

The perforations admit of wires 1 transverse groin and i; are adapted to 5 and 16 which occupy the es 7, to pass inwardly of thespace circumscribed by the cylindrical contaii'ier body a loops 1? and 18 i in triangular tongues 19 wardly from th erably Off spring 20 are with ad vnd in the wires are formed vhich are adapted to engage and 20 struck oute heads 2 which are pretmetal. The tongues 19 and vantage located upon diametrically opposite sides of the heads with their points or apexes pointing toward one another and wit merging with th spring 11 their wider basal portion e material of the heads and hinges upon which the tongues 19 and 20 may open when the loops 1'? and 18 are forced. therein;

.it being understood that by virtue 01": resiliency oi the tongues,

they will return to a normally closed position upon the loops and bind the wires and heads Cut out porti the sides of the basal portions of the tongues where they mer together. ons 21 and 22 are made at ge with the heads in order to permit ot' freeing the wires.

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to permit of a resilient action of thetongues,

the loops 1? and l8 beneath the tongues 19 and :20 and by virtue thereof the parts are effectually securedtogether until such. time as direct pressure is im posed on the tongues In use, the container is set up in the condition shown in 2 and where the body is rolled to eyliin'lrical shape and secured by passing the wires or other fasten ing means there-about. ilrape'lruit or other fruit or material is then handed in end, 2 to the containerspace and the heads 2 thereafter put in place and outr ge with the loops 1? and 18. The container is non ready for shipment. After it arrives at its destination, it is but a simple matter to disengage the tongues from the heads and permit oi the removal of one Oil the heads. .kecess thereby had to the interior or uOllbQllllS oi the device and as soon as the contents have been removed, the Wires may be dis engaged and the containerbody l caused to assume the Hat condition shown in Fig. 1. The heads 2 may bolaid thereon. or they may be shipped lacl; separately-also in a flat condition to the point (lili dir 'ihution and the containers there again embled as their use is required. i

The device will admit o't theusing a number oil? times of a single container aiui \vill. thereby decrease the cost Oil shipment oi? foodstuffs and provide for better and more durable containers to convey the articles to the customer so that he should receive them in a better condition.

It is obvious that various changes andmodificaticuis may he made in the details of construction and design of the above hinging thereof, and to receive the loops formed therein adapted'toengage' said spring tongues tially as described. I

2. Aeontainer comprising a cylindrical body having longitudinal and transverse intersecting grooves therein and perforations 01 the heads, substanalongr theedges oiltthesame, Wires passing about the longitudinal grooves for securing' the body in cylindrical form, other Wires passing along the transverse grooves and entering the perforations, said lastmeutioued wires having loops formed at the ends of the container, andheads placed in the ends of the container and having}; spring tongues struck outwardly therefrom in substantially triangular formqin diametrically opposite sides of the heads with their apex portions pointing toward one another and having cut away portions at their basal parts toengage-the loops, substau t ially as described.

-3; A container comprising a body portion oft flexible but stout .inaterial adapted to be rolled into cylindrical shape, and having transverse grooves in the. outer "face thereof, 'iasteuingz means passing about said body portion and engaging in said grooves and holding the body portion in cylindrical form, endheads tor closing the ends of the cylinder, and fastening means passing longitudinallyover the body of the cylinder and engaging said heads, substantially as described.

EUGENE COL BERT BRYAN. 

